Security Bulletin: IBM Security Guardium is affected by XML External Entity vulnerability (CVE-2017-1254)

Summary

IBM Security Guardium is vulnerable XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose highly sensitive information or consume memory resources. IBM Security Guardium has fixed this vulnerability

Vulnerability Details

CVEID: CVE-2017-1254**
DESCRIPTION:** IBM Security Guardium is vulnerable XML External Entity Injection (XXE) error when processing XML data. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to expose highly sensitive information or consume memory resources.
CVSS Base Score: 7.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/124634 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Security Guardium V10.0, 10.0.1, 10.1, 10.1.2

Remediation/Fixes

Product

| VRMF| Remediation/First Fix
—|—|—
IBM Security Guardium| 10x| https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=IBM%2BSecurity&product=ibm/Information+Management/InfoSphere+Guardium&release=All&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=SqlGuard_10.0p230_GPU_Jun-2017-V10.1.3&includeSupersedes=0&source=fc

Workarounds and Mitigations

None